VUMC News and Communications

July 3, 2018

Nominations for Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar now open for female graduate students in biomedical sciences

Nominations for the Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar are now open. The deadline is Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, at 5 p.m.

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June 29, 2018

Vanderbilt doctors urge caution with Fourth of July fireworks

Jun. 29, 2018—Doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are urging caution with consumer fireworks as the Fourth of July approaches.

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June 28, 2018

Honoring Beauchamp

Jun. 28, 2018—Friends and colleagues surrounded R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, during a recent reception honoring him for his many contributions and dedicated service as chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences since 2001.

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June 23, 2018

Stevenson Center Drive to close June 29–30 for repaving

Stevenson Center Drive will be closed for maintenance and repaving June 29 and 30, with access restored the morning of July 1.

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June 21, 2018

Rice, Robertson take on expanded Anesthesiology leadership roles

The Department of Anesthesiology is reconfiguring its leadership structure, partly in response to the recent appointment of department chair Warren Sandberg, MD, PhD, as VUAH Co-Chief of Staff for Perioperative and Critical Care Services. Mark Rice, MD, has been appointed Executive Vice Chair and Amy Robertson, MD, has been appointed Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs.

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June 21, 2018

Chestnut honored by Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology

David Chestnut, MD, received the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology’s Distinguished Service Award during the group’s annual meeting in May.

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June 19, 2018

Velez Edwards named to Women’s Health Research leadership

Digna R. Velez Edwards, PhD, has been named director of Women’s Health Research, succeeding longtime director and founder, Katherine Hartmann, MD, PhD, associate dean of Clinical and Translational Scientist Development and professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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June 18, 2018

School of Nursing buildings to close temporarily starting June 27

The School of Nursing buildings at 461 21st Ave. S. will be closed 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, through 6 a.m. Thursday, July 5, due to a planned power outage for major electrical work. The school will remain open with faculty and staff working from off-campus locations.
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June 14, 2018

Telethon rings up crucial support for Children’s Hospital

The 35th annual Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Telethon was held on Sunday, June 3, at Seacrest Studios in partnership with WTVF NewsChannel 5.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 14, 2018

Lung cancer patients and advocates visit VUMC research labs

A group of young lung cancer patients and their family members recently toured research laboratories at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) to learn how investigators are working to find better therapies and possibly a cure for the disease.
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June 13, 2018

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt stresses child heatstroke danger this summer

With temperatures rising in Middle Tennessee, doctors at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt stress the danger of leaving children unattended in vehicles.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 13, 2018

Novel infection fighter

A drug in use clinically to help make vaccines more effective may be a powerful new tool for fighting antibiotic-resistant infections.
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